Cohasset Selectmen

June 30, 2015

What happened on May 26, How it Happened, Why It’s Bad for Cohasset We always say we are a government of laws, not men. This statement stands for the ancient concept that no person is above the law. Cohasset’s Town Manager Act (law) dictates that Selectmen (persons) form a policy-making board, and can “set goals…

June 8, 2015

by Peter Pescatore As I have mentioned on several occasions in various venues, my primary interest is the Long Term in all things. The recent decision by the BoS to deny the Town Manager his appointment of Cohasset’s Police Chief seems to me to be a short-term choice that may stabilize the Police force and…

June 8, 2015

What do three politicians – a lawyer, a financial guy, and a doctor know about running a police department? And what do they know compared to three former police chiefs (two of whom are also attorneys), a professional assessment executive (also a former police chief), and a professional Town Manager? Very little! Which is why…

May 29, 2015

Selectmen watchers and others say the Selectmen’s motion to not approve or waive was not what they intended to do, and could technically result in Weymouth Executive Officer Joe Comperchio taking his seat as Cohasset’s new police chief on June 5. Last Tuesday, Selectman Karen Quigley questioned newly elected Selectman Paul Schubert’s motion saying “Under…

May 28, 2015

Part of being a town official is that you have to be a big enough person to take the public’s ire. Gaumer gets a D- on this exchange. If he wants to run for higher public office someday, he’s going to have to develop some social skills. After Selectmen’s vote on Tuesday to shoot down…

May 27, 2015

Cohasset Town Manager Chris Senior had his Police Chief nominee, squeaky clean Executive Officer Joe Comperchio of the Weymouth PD, rejected on a 3-2 vote as the Cohasset Board of Selectmen reaches for the appointment of Cohasset Acting Chief Bill Quigley. Selectmen Karen Quigley and Diane Kennedy voted for the Town Manager’s nominee, on a motion…

May 25, 2015

Cohasset Citizen Ralph Dormitzer’s recollection of the Town Manager Act (revised Jan. 16, 2014) that he worked on as a member of the Governance committee is wildly wrong. In addition, he screwed up other facts regarding the Town Manager’s Search process. Number one. The Police Chief Appointment is Senior’s. Selectmen can reject or confirm the…

May 22, 2015

Howard Friedman, Boston Civil Rights and Police Misconduct Super Lawyer, will represent Michael X. Wynn of Attleboro in a suit against the Town of Cohasset that has not yet been filed. A call to Friedman’s office asking about the direction the case might take was not returned. According to Friedman’s website: Attorney Howard Friedman has…

May 22, 2015

This is my e-mail to Selectmen in support of Town Manager Chris Senior and his choice of Executive Officer Joe Comperchio of the Weymouth PD. But I really don’t know why I have to write this at all. Why would Selectmen not support the Town Manager’s choice? Paul Schubert announced on Our Town during a…